A Broward County homicide suspect is facing new charges after leading Miami-Dade deputies on a chase that ended in Doral, records showed.
Willex Baptiste, 28, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing and eluding a police officer, and resisting arrest without violence, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
Willex Baptiste
On top of the new charges Baptiste is facing, he also has multiple warrants from the Broward Sheriff’s Office for armed carjacking and homicide.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, just after 1 a.m., deputies matched a vehicle that Baptiste was driving that had a Be On the Lookout description in the area of Southwest 264th Street and 142nd Avenue.
Deputies said Baptiste tried to flee from deputies, and MDSO Aviation arrived at the scene to assist.
NBC6 cameras captured part of the chase.
The chase eventually ended on Florida’s Turnpike southbound near Northwest 41st Street, where Baptiste refused to leave the vehicle.
Deputy squad cars were seen lined up on the Turnpike.
He was eventually taken into custody.
Baptiste is expected to appear in bond court on Monday morning.
NBC6 has reached out to BSO for information on the charges Baptiste is originally facing.